President Obama is coming to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis for a rally with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton on Oct. 23, according to a student group that received word of the visit.

Jeb Saelens, president of the U’s Students Organizing for America, confirmed the Obama rally. He said his group, which is affiliated with Obama’s national campaign arm and the Democratic National Committee, has been tasked with helping to mobilize students.

The university would not confirm that Obama was coming. “We have had discussions with event organizers and would certainly welcome the opportunity to host the president on campus,” said spokeswoman Patty Mattern. “We’re not, however, in a position to comment further at this time.”

The White House declined comment, referring queries about the rally to the Dayton campaign, which said it could not confirm details.

The location of the event was first reported Monday by the Minnesota Daily, the U campus newspaper. The newspaper reported the rally would be held on the mall in front of Northrop Auditorium.

Dayton had asked Obama to campaign with him after he won the DFL primary, but the administration hadn’t tipped its hand until this weekend whether the president would do a public event with Dayton. Vice President Joe Biden appeared at a rally with Dayton last week.

A Duluth native who just barely lost Virginia's GOP gubernatorial primary said that politicians have not gone far enough in condemning the left for violence during a rally of white nationalists in Charlottesville. "I think that the left is going to try to use this as an excuse to crack down on conservative free speech," said Corey Stewart. "I think they're going to try to use this as an excuse to remove more historical monuments."